Petrochemicals

Its third location in Asia-Pacific, Clariant Catalysts has opened a new office in Jakarta.

LyondellBasell has announced that it has completed 20% of the construction of its PO/TBA petrochemical facility on the Gulf Coast.

MOL has acquired the German plastic compounder company, Aurora Group, strengthening its position in recycled plastics.

CorrosionRADAR has secured the £1 million investment for its corrosion management technology in the oil, gas and petrochemicals sectors.

STATS Group has signed an exclusive partnership with Safari Oil & Gas (SOG) in Saudi Arabia.

Westlake Chemical Partners has selected Randy Woelfel to join the board of directors of its general partner, Westlake Chemical Partners GP LLC.

McDermott’s Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Formosa for an alpha-methylstyrene recovery unit in China.

Chengda has awarded Veolia the contract to supply evaporation technologies for a major chemical plant in Saudi Arabia.

Thirty senior executives from the oil, gas and petrochemical industry will meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss the issues facing the energy sector.

GlobalData has reported that Aramco and ADNOC have expanded the value of contracts in 3Q19 despite a slight decrease in volume.

Honeywell has announced that Dayuewan Petrochemical will use a number of UOP technologies to upgrade heavy fuel oil into higher-value products.

Dropsafe has signed a distribution agreement with Norwegian company MSS to expand its reach and increase efficiency.

Mammoet has installed a number of items at the Bangkok Synthetics petrochemical production plant in Thailand.

TriMas has announced that it has entered into an agreement with First Reserve for the sale of its Lamons business.

Airswift and Drone Pilot have announced a partnership to expand drone inspection and detection services in the oil and gas industry.